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    In this tiny California 'Trump country' town, folks hear the impeachment talk, but it feels a world away

    by Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times Nov 11, 2019 5 minutes

    TAFT, Calif. - On the road into Taft, fields of fruit trees give way to orchards of oil rigs nodding on golden hills that shimmer against a blue sky like creased velvet.

    This tiny oil town two hours northwest of Los Angeles has one stoplight and a city center that seems to go dark well before the sun goes down. Friday night football is the hottest ticket around. Children play on the quiet streets without a parent in sight. Taft, with all its 9,400 people, feels a world away from the impeachment drama in the nation's capital.

    The city got its name from the 27th president, William H. Taft, who was famous for telling people that "politics makes me sick." Around here, a lot of people would agree.

    Impeachment doesn't naturally come up in conversations, even as the House inquiry of President Donald Trump

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